System Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
• 8+ years of related experience
• Linux system administration (Rocky/SLES preferred)
• Experience with HPC batch schedulers (PBS Pro, Slurm, or similar)
• Scripting abilities (Bash, Python, Perl)
• Understanding of HPC architectures, distributed computing, and MPI-based workloads
• Troubleshooting skills across multi-node HPC environments
• US citizenship required
• Ability to participate in an on-call rotation supporting 24/7 operational systems
• Occasional travel for team collaboration, training, or customer interaction
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a distributed technical team

Nice To Haves

• Complex Systems
• High Performance Computing (HPC)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• System Performance
• Systems Management

Responsibilities

• Lead/Manage/Support daily HPC system operations and the reliability of the scheduling and system software stack that powers NOAA’s 24/7 numerical weather prediction mission
• Collaborate with experienced GDIT HPC engineers, system administrators, developers, and NWS operational staff to troubleshoot issues, enhance system performance, and ensure consistent delivery of high‑impact forecasting products
• Drive improvements in system efficiency, scheduler reliability, job throughput, and operational resiliency by analyzing complex problems, proposing innovations, and supporting implementation of technical enhancements
• Utilize Linux system administration, HPC scheduler expertise (PBS Pro/Slurm), scripting languages, performance monitoring tools, and parallel computing technologies to keep two large‑scale supercomputing systems running at peak performance

Benefits

• AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
• 401K with company match
• Competitive pay and paid time off
• Full-flex work week
• Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
• Dental plan options
• Vision plan
• 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match
• Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
• 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance